Hope Mississippi

Dawn Henderson Beam is a former Mississippi Supreme Court associate justice, serving from 2016 to 2025.

As co-chair of the Commission on Children's Justice and ReNewMS. She spearheaded efforts to organize Rescue 100 programs to train foster parents. 

Over the years, Justice Beam and her husband, Dr. Stephen Beam, participated in humanitarian missions to Honduras until they were called to focus on their home state. 

From the "What if?" meetings, Pine Belt 360, and their current non-profit, Hope Rising Mississippi, the Beams demonstrate their lifelong commitment to spreading hope, raising awareness, and collaborating with others to end generational poverty in Mississippi.